russbalbironaportfolio.blogspot.com www.treasurebone.blogspot.com In 1987 Dominic Addario, a boat tour operator, received information from a couple of surfers who had reported seeing a half buried cannon near modern day Jupiter Inlet on the east coast of Florida. Flash forward to 2012, Addario no longer runs boat tours, he’s in the treasure recovery business. Addario and his team known as Jupiter Wreck Inc. have been working this site for the past 25 years. They’ve recovered masses of silver and gold coins that date between 1652 and 1659. “There is no question in our minds it is a Spanish ship,” stated Addario in an article on the Buisness News Daily Website ( http ) On Jupiter Wreck Inc’s. own website ( jupitercoins.com ) they’ve gone one step further, hinting that this shipwreck is quite possibly the San Miguel Archangel. The San Miguel Archangel sank in 1659 after taking a beating from hurricane force winds and 30 foot waves. She was Spain’s economic hope and rumored to carry the personal fortune of the Count of Salvatierra. The wreck site is in 10 foot of water and is no further from shore than a toss of a tennis balls “If you had a tennis ball from the shore line, you could pop it right out into this area. It’s right there” said Jeff Gehring of Jupiter Wreck Inc during an interview with Fox 29 Eye On South Florida. You can view the video of this interview at Jupiter’s website. The site has produced canons, cannon balls, muskets and of course thousands of coins …Video Rating: 5 / 5

Items recovered from ancient shipwrecks usually haven’t seen the light of day in hundreds or even thousands of years. Discovery Channel’s Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out how these artifacts are preserved. For more shipwreck recovery stories and information about the Discovery Channel’s Treasure Quest TV show, go to dsc.discovery.com

Mel Fisher Gold & Silver Spanish Shipwreck Coins & Plate | Treasure Coins. Manor’s February 25th Auction offers some exciting Gold & Silver Spanish Shipwreck Treasure, to include: SILVER ATOCHA PLATE & 7 SILVER & GOLD SHIPWRECK COINS & 1650 MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS of the WEST INDIES A professionally presented framed and mounted display of a rare certified (COA – Treasure Salvors Inc.) silver plate recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Senora De Atocha, and six silver coins and a gold coin from various Spanish wrecks. The coins include 8 reales (3) from the Concepcion, sunk off Hispaniola. Other lesser denomination coins and a gold doubloon. Also, to the lower right of the display is an original 1650 map of the British Islands and Privileges of the West Indies. Condition: VGC Est. 3000-5000 Lot: 23714 | 8 REALE SPANISH SHIPWRECK COIN – 1715 PLATE FLEET A very nice Spanish silver 8 Reale shipwreck coin from the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet. Discovered off the coast o Vero Beach, FL in the 1960’s by Mel Fisher. This particular coin was given by Mel as “Spanish rent” to Gene Oathout. Gene owned the La Posada Inn, which is where Mel setup his office in the early days of his treasure hunting operation. Mel paid rent in the form of silver Spanish shipwreck coins. This coin is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Gene Oathout. 25.4 grams. Est. 150-300 Lot: 23714b | 8 REALE SPANISH SHIPWRECK COIN – EL CAZADOR Spanish 1783 8 Reale silver shipwreck coin from El Cazador …

An American company is in the process of determining the value of a haul of sunken treasure, thought to be the biggest ever discovered. Odyssey Marine Exploration says it is examining more than half-a-million coins from the shipwreck as part of a find that could net it around half a billion dollars. The bounty has sparked public interest in the controversial business of treasure hunting vy Odyssey Marine Exploration. “Black Swan is the code-name of a secret operation off the coast of Europe which may have discovered the biggest haul of shipwreck treasure ever found. Odyssey won’t reveal the identity of the ship, or even when it sank, to avoid giving clues to other treasure hunters. Odyssey will only say it went down in international waters. In the crates are 17 tons of silver and gold coins and other valuables arriving in the US, destined for a secret location. Mark Gordon, from Odyssey Marine Exploration, says an expert in 17th century coins estimated the value of the haul. “He looked at a representative sample of the coins and in amongst the group that he saw he was able to determine that there were values ranging from 0 to 00 for individual coins, and the mean value of the group that he looked at was about 00,” says Gordon. Those crates could hold about half a billion dollars. In the US, a big media splash about the “Black Swan” hoard has triggered a new fascination in pirate ships and treasure. Odyssey estimates there are some three million shipwrecks …Video Rating: 4 / 5